Scars: physical evidence that the past exists, Doug. At least you were
acknowledged. Dog could have just scarpered. Did he stay long enough to
warrant a name? Dog Barbour perhaps?
Bill
On Thursday, 11 August 2016, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ten times now
> the cells have come & gone
>
> slowly erasing the trauma
> I no longer recall
>
> but that little white line
> on my finger
> told a tale
>
> I told many times
>
> my only dog who bit
> & disappeared
>
> the scar a reminder
> of what I forgot so soon
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> How, but thru a monstrous 'specialism', the so-called authority of
> erstwhile 'professionals', have we come to leave breath out of images and
> images out of breath, anyhow?
>
> Roy Kiyooka
>
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